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Chilling New Details on How Travis Decker's Daughters Died as Manhunt Continues | Crime Alert 6AM 08.20.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now. I'm Drew
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  Speaker 1: Nelson still missing. Nearly three months after police found his
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  Speaker 1: three daughters dead in the woods, chilling new evidence confirms
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  Speaker 1: Travis Decker the only suspect in their murders, bringing more
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  Speaker 1: focus to the little girl's final moments. The bodies of Peyton, Evelyn,
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  Speaker 1: and Olivia were found on June tewid. They were discovered
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  Speaker 1: near their father's abandoned pickup at Rock Island Campground in
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  Speaker 1: Shellan County, Washington. New information from the Sheriff's office says
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  Speaker 1: two of the little girls each had two separate bags
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  Speaker 1: over their heads, and the third victim had three separate
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  Speaker 1: bags over her head. The girls were nine, eight, and
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  Speaker 1: five years old. Decker's DNA has been confirmed on all
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  Speaker 1: the plastic bags and on a zip tie. No one
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  Speaker 1: else's DNA was present, The Sheriff's office states, quote, the
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  Speaker 1: completion of this DNA analysis provides additional evidence that indicates
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  Speaker 1: Travis Decker is the only suspect involved in committing these homicides.
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  Speaker 1: Decker has not been seen since May thirtieth. That day,
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  Speaker 1: he picked up his daughters for a court sanctioned scheduled visit.
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  Speaker 1: He'd been experiencing homelessness in the time leading up to
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  Speaker 1: the disappearance. He was supposed to return the girls by
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  Speaker 1: eight pm. When he didn't, their mother, Whitney called the police.
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  Speaker 1: She said the exchange had gone smoothly, but noted he
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  Speaker 1: was quote quieter than usual when he picked up the girls.
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  Speaker 1: A three day search led to the discovery of the
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  Speaker 1: girl's bodies. A bloody handprint on Decker's truck matched his DNA.
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  Speaker 1: Police believe he fled into the wilderness. Decker as a U.
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  Speaker 1: S Army veteran who served from twenty thirteen to twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty one. He was deployed to Afghanistan and trained as
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  Speaker 1: a ranger, his survival skills and once lived off the
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  Speaker 1: grid for more than two months. Investigators found that Decker
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  Speaker 1: had searched online how to relocate to Canada before the murders.
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  Speaker 1: So far, there have been at least two unconfirmed sightings
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  Speaker 1: of him. The first was June tenth near Highway ninety seven.
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  Speaker 1: The second was on July fifth at Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest.
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  Speaker 1: Search teams have used helicopters, drones, and dogs. Sheriff Mike
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  Speaker 1: Morrison said, quote we haven't given up. Peyton, Evelyn and
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  Speaker 1: Olivia are still very much in our minds. A reward
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  Speaker 1: of up to twenty thousand dollars as being offered for
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  Speaker 1: information leading to Decker's arrest. More Crime and Justice news
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  Speaker 1: After this, Suspicion continues to fall on the parents of
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  Speaker 1: seven month old Emmanuel Harrow, the boy they say was
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  Speaker 1: abducted from a Ucapa, California parking lot on Tuesday. Investigators
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  Speaker 1: seized the father's vehicle as evidence. This comes a day
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  Speaker 1: after they first searched the parents' home in Cabazon, California.
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  Speaker 1: Emmanuel Herrow was last seen on Thursday. His mother, Rebecca Harrow,
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  Speaker 1: said she was changing his diaper in a Big five
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  Speaker 1: Sporting Goods parking lot in Ucapa. She claimed a stranger
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  Speaker 1: approached her from behind and said, oh lah. She said
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  Speaker 1: she blacked out and woke up to find Emmanuel gone.
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  Speaker 1: She was sporting a black eye. On TV news reports.
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  Speaker 1: The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded just after seven
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  Speaker 1: forty five that evening deputy from neighboring Riverside County joined
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  Speaker 1: the search. They brought in helicopters and canine units, but
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  Speaker 1: they found no trace of the baby, with no abductor
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  Speaker 1: and no suspect vehicle, no Amber alert could be issued.
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  Speaker 1: Days later, detectives questioned both Rebecca and her husband, Jake Harrow.
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  Speaker 1: When she was asked about gaps in her story, Rebecca
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  Speaker 1: stopped cooperating. Jake refused a light detector test until a
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  Speaker 1: lawyer was present. Detectives continued searching their home. On Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: they brought in cadaver dogs. They removed the couple's two
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  Speaker 1: year old child after police raised outs. The parents stopped
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  Speaker 1: answering calls. Their phone numbers were removed from missing person flyers.
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  Speaker 1: They retained legal counsel. In twenty twenty three, Jake Harrow
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  Speaker 1: had a felony conviction for child cruelty from a case
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  Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen, his then infant daughter was hospitalized with
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  Speaker 1: severe injuries, fractured ribs, a skull fracture, and brain bleeding.
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  Speaker 1: He and his former partner both pleaded guilty. A doctor
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  Speaker 1: wrote in a sworn affidavit quote, the combination of the
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  Speaker 1: above findings is indicative of abuse, head trauma, child physical abuse,
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  Speaker 1: and neutrientsitional neglect. Jake was sentenced to one hundred eighty
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  Speaker 1: days in a sheriff's work release program and four years probation.
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  Speaker 1: Emmanuel Harrow is twenty four inches tall. He weighs about
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  Speaker 1: twenty one pounds. He is Hispanic with brown hair, brown eyes.
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  Speaker 1: He is cross eyed. He was last seen in a
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  Speaker 1: black Nike onesie. Anyone with information should call nine to
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  Speaker 1: one one or San Bernardino County Sheriff's Dispatch. At nine
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  Speaker 1: oh nine three eight seven eighty three thirteen, Cale Barrington
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  Speaker 1: Bates is dead. Executed in Florida for the abduction and
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  Speaker 1: murder of Janet Renee White, ending the family's forty three
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  Speaker 1: year wait for justice. At six seventeen pm on Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: Kale Bates was pronounced dead. He declined a final meal.
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  Speaker 1: He said nothing before the lethal drugs were administered. His
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  Speaker 1: execution marked Florida's tenth this year, more than any other state.
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  Speaker 1: It was carried out at the Florida State Prison in Rayford.
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  Speaker 1: The US Supreme Court had rejected his final appeals just
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  Speaker 1: hours earlier. The execution brings closure to Randy White, Janet's widower.
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  Speaker 1: He had waited more than four decades, telling USA Today quote,
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  Speaker 1: I made a promise to her right after it happened
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  Speaker 1: that I would be there for every trial, every hearing,
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  Speaker 1: every appeal. Justice has finally been served. Janet was twenty
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  Speaker 1: four when she died. She worked alone at a state
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  Speaker 1: farm office in lynn Haven. Just after noon on June fourteenth,
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  Speaker 1: nineteen eighty two, Randy walked her to work. He watched
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  Speaker 1: her open the door and wave. Less than fifteen minutes later,
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  Speaker 1: she was dead. Bates had spoken to her earlier that day.
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  Speaker 1: Then he parked his truck in the woods behind the office.
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  Speaker 1: He broke in through the back door and waited. As
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  Speaker 1: Janet answered a ringing phone. Bates attacked, She screamed. He
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  Speaker 1: cut the phone cord. The person on the other end
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  Speaker 1: called police right away. Bates dragged Janet into the woods.
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  Speaker 1: He beat her, strangled her, stabbed her twice, and attempted
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  Speaker 1: to rape her. She had over thirty injuries. Bates tore
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  Speaker 1: the diamond ring from her finger. Police found him nearby,
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  Speaker 1: covered in blood, the ring still in his pocket. A
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  Speaker 1: missing watchpin found at the scene matched his watch. Green
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  Speaker 1: fibers on Janet's clothes matched Bates's pants. A knife case
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  Speaker 1: left behind turned out to be his. He later confessed.
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  Speaker 1: He was convicted of first degree murder, kidnapping, attempted sexual battery,
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  Speaker 1: and robbery. He was sentenced to death in nineteen eighty three.
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  Speaker 1: His legal team filed many appeals over the years, all denied.
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  Speaker 1: They argued brain damage, in effective counsel, and racial bias.
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  Speaker 1: Randy and Janet White had gotten married ten weeks after
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  Speaker 1: they met. They were planning to start a family. Randy
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  Speaker 1: remarried years later, but says his heart stayed with Renee.
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  Speaker 1: He told the newspaper he forgave Bates in order to survive. Quote,
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  Speaker 1: it was going to destroy whatever I had left. At
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  Speaker 1: the execution, he found relief. Quote It's going to be
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  Speaker 1: different to start life new again without this in the forefront.
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  Speaker 1: But I'll never get past it. I will fight that
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  Speaker 1: until my last breath. For the latest crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 1: with this crime Alert. I'm Drew Nelson.